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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Koji Yamada, Okaya, JP;
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F 3/10 (2006.01); B31D 1/02 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F 3/10 (2013.01); B31D 1/021 (2013.01); B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 11/0075 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 11/42 (2013.01); B31D 2201/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a printing apparatus for performing printing on labels of roll paper formed by winding a label sheet with the labels peelably attached to the label sheet, a label remaining number detecting unit, during a printing operation, determines a thickness of the label sheet from a length between the labels included in the label sheet fed out from a label sheet feed-out unit to a printing unit, the length being determined by a label length detecting unit while a distance to a cylindrical outer surface of the roll paper detected by a distance sensor.